Jason Calacanis Apologizes For Mahalo ‘Spam’

We’ve expressed frustration before with the growing Web 2.0 trend of private beta software launches, but sometimes when the opposite happens the result can be just as annoying. Such is the case with Jason Calacanis’ Mahalo Follow Firefox extension. On Monday tons of emails went out inviting recipients to try Mahalo Follow.

The only problem is that most of the emails were unsolicited and, in the world of Calacanis, could be viewed as spam. After realizing that not everyone is a Mahalo fan—pointed out by at least one high-profile developer—Calacanis quickly offered a public apology. Mahalo for that, sir.